New feature in iOS 8.
Questions tagged [continuity]
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Continuity Camera for macOS and iOS
In macOS Mojave the continuity camera was introduced. Letting the user take pictures on the iPhone or iPad right into an application on the mac such as Notes, Messages, Keynote, Mail and TextEdit.
Is this functionality available for third party…

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Can't handoff from Mac to iOS, even though handoff from iOS to Mac works fine
I'm trying to implement Handoff between a Mac OS app and an iOS app. It works fine when the iOS app is in the foreground -- the "Continue Activity" icon shows up in the dock on the Mac. However I can't get the "Continue Activity" icon to show up on…

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Handoff not working from native app to website
My devices:
iPad Mini (latest), iOS 8 dp5.
Macbook Air, Yosemite dp5.
I have Handoff working between the two above devices. Safari, Mail, Messages, Calendar, etc. all handoff with no problems.
I can even handoff between my website on the Air and…

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Native Mac app fails to Handoff to Native iOS app
I'm adopting Handoff in my iOS and Mac apps. iOS -> iOS and iOS -> Mac are working flawlessly! It's great.
However, Mac -> iOS never works. I've tested on both El Capitan and Sierra, in different machines. If I add a webpageURL as fallback, Safari…

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iPhone continuity camera not displaying in Web API on Safari
iPhone continuity camera not displaying in MediaDevices enumerateDevices()
I'm using the simple code to enumerate media devices on Safari
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true, video: true })
.then(stream => {
if…

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SymPy dynamicsymbols, how to set the second derivative to vanish?
N is the inertial reference frame, the telescopic arm is extending along N.x at a constant rate. The disk is spinning with a constant angular velocity theta_dot. I need to find the expression for the inertial acceleration of point P. The problem is…

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How do I send values from an iOS app to a Mac app?
I would like to send a stream of values from an iPhone app using the accelerometer, to an associated Mac app.
I currently have it working with Bonjour, as per this question but there is no user authentication with this, so I don't see Apple being ok…

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How can I place a phone call programmatically from a Mac app?
With the advent of handoff/continuity in OS X Yosemite, I was hoping there would be an API for this. I can't find one Googling. Alternatively, is there a way to open designated phone call making app like Skype to place a call? I've seen links on…

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Using iPhone/Mac Continuity Camera on the web
How to use iOS and macOS's latest feature of Continuity Camera feature with JavaScript, or how to avoid it from popping up in the process of requesting media devices, i.e. navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: true })? - as it actually breaks…

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Determining Ability of Device to Make Phone Call (including with Continuity)
I have been trying to determine whether a device is able to make a phone call, including with the new iOS9 Continuity features which allow iPads to make phone calls when connected to an iPhone. Presently my code looks something like this:
NSURL…

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Mpeg2 ts sync byte and continuity error
i have a project and i have to write a ts file parser. The parser should read a ts file and output some data from the headers of each packet of the file. Two of the outputs that i have to print are, if there are sync errors(and how many) and the…

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Oracle DB - Application Continuity - How to test it?
How to Test/POC application continuity concept. I tried making the code to hold connections so that the application is not able get the connections and it tries to get from the pool. I am sure this is not the right way of testing application…

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How to pass Core Data objectID and use it with Continuity
Just trying to update some Core Data apps with Continuity and have run into a bit of an issue with using the selected objects ID in the userInfo dictionary to display the correct data on the continuing device.
My first thought was to use the…

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Similar function to Apple Continuity on Windows
I am converting an existing iPad app to Windows. One of the features in the iPad version is sharing data between devices using the new Continuity feature from Apple. It's very nicely integrated for 3rd party developers. You just give the data you…

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Continuity camera contextual menu issue
The contextual menu in one NSTextView in my app does work and imports a sketch made on my iPad / iPhone.
My problem is that when another of my app's windows is visible, the contextual menu in its NSTextView does not connect to the iOS device.
Also,…

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